YOU pick up the paper and you hear the news about the deficit, the economy and the joblessness. Last week’s new numbers on unemployment were not as gloomy, but certainly did not offer a large dose of hope. And with the continuing stalemate out of Washington one wonders … where’s the progress?

Yet, I see it starting to move forward!

I heard from another client this week that he had been hired by a large bank. Though the job is entry level, it is precisely the field he wanted, and his outlook is positive for a bright future. He’s working hard, enjoying the challenge and even, very kindly, passing along job announcements and links for Women At Work to share with others.

Over the past several weeks, I have definitely seen more job announcements coming in to share with clients or spread across my email bank. More people have transmitted job announcements to me via both emails and faxes. This week’s hot job list had 22 new announcements.

Too, while walking around the office today, I passed our job board, stopped and counted 38 job announcements, of which four were marked as new. Today my email contained another eight postings.

Certainly, I see a tremendous amount of nonprofit jobs, my colleagues and friends in the business are always willing to share. Nonetheless, there are other jobs out there too.

Every other week, Women At Work publishes the Hot Jobs List. Compiled from sources throughout the area and with generous help from local employers, colleagues, friends of the organization and simple word-of-mouth, we receive job announcements, lists, fliers and postings from across the county and greater Los Angeles.

We began this project last year with help from a stimulus contract we generously received from Foothill Unity Center, a great nonprofit doing wonderful work in the community with a focus on food and shelter. The stimulus contract funded the Hot Jobs List, which has become a communication tool to let people know about jobs.

Not all the details are available on the list: just the type of position and the city where the job is located. The full description, including location, salary information and human resources contact if provided, is housed on the Women At Work job data bank at our Center

The data bank houses an average of 500 jobs per week according to our director of information technology. The data bank is updated two to three times a week on average, and each job has a pull or delete date.

To preview the Women At Work Hot Jobs list, visit our website at WomenAtWork.org.

For those who are looking for work, I say keep looking. For those who have recently found work, I offer congrats. And to the newsmaker, I say let’s offer some encouragement, as there is some good news out there.

Robin McCarthy is the executive director of Women at Work, a Pasadena-based career and job resource center. She can be reached at 626-796-6870 or by visting robinmccarthy@womenatwork1.org

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